As part of an integral
environmental sanitation project in the community of La Morán, an
informal settlement of circa 7,000 inhabitants in the western side
of the city of Caracas, informal waste dumps called "vertederos"
are to be converted into public spaces for the community.
"Vertederos" are residual spaces informally utilized by the
community to dispose of their solid waste, thereby contaminating
the environment, affecting the dignity and quality of life of its
inhabitants. In response to this problem a "waste route" has been
designed together with the community where containers
differentiated between organic and inorganic waste will be emptied
daily by young workers in the community for pay. Concurrently the
"vertederos" will be freed of all waste and three of them will be
converted into modest children playgrounds to be cared for and
maintained by the participants in the environmental sanitation
project and by the community at large.